Jorgina Sunn first entered a gang in search of people like her. “I found myself situated with a different crowd of people. People that were addicted, people that we hurting, most of us Indigenous,” she says. “We all bonded in this dysfunction and...

“Devin Napope was away for much of his teenage daughter’s life — in and out of jail, battling addictions and out of town. “Gone without a sound,” he said. At 30, he’s a member of STR8UP, an organization that works with people trying to break away from gangs and...

“Str8-Up has been helping young men and women escape the gang life for decades. Started in Saskatchewan’s prison system in the mid-1990s, the program aims to show young people a way out of gangs. The stories of how members escaped can be terrifying. So, too, are...

STR8 UP : 10,000 Little Steps to Healing, Inc. – Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Interview STR8 UP has just released their newest book “STR8 UP: Stories of Courage — A Healing Workbook by recovering gang members and addicts”. The stories from...

Jorgina Sunn Bridges (October 21, 2015) Jorgina Sunn is not proud of a lot of the things she did in her younger years, but she doesn’t pretend they never happened. “By the time I was 21, I was a walking time bomb. I did all the things to maintain my...